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One-Eyed Doll

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{{Short description|American gothic rock band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = One-Eyed Doll

| image = One-Eyed Doll 2015.jpg

| caption = One-Eyed Doll performing in 2015

| origin = Austin, Texas, U.S.

| genre = {{Hlist|Gothic rock|punk rock|heavy metal|hard rock}}

| years_active = 2006–2018

| label = Nebulost Records, StandBy Records

| website = {{URL|oneeyeddoll.com}}

| current_members = Kimberly Freeman
Jason Rufuss Sewell a.k.a. "Junior"

}}

One-Eyed Doll was an American gothic rock{{cite web |url=http://dailyunsigned.com/2011/04/23/one-eyed-doll/ |title=One-Eyed Doll |publisher=Daily Unsigned |date=April 23, 2011 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126191517/http://dailyunsigned.com/2011/04/23/one-eyed-doll/ |archive-date=November 26, 2011 |url-status=dead}} duo based in Austin, Texas, which was voted the Best Punk Band in 2009,{{cite web |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/blogs/music/2009-03-23/757200/ |title=Farewell to the Madness – Music Blog |publisher=The Austin Chronicle |date=March 23, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2011}} 2010{{cite web|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/columns/2009-03-27/759035/ |title=After a Fashion – Columns |publisher=The Austin Chronicle |date=March 27, 2009 |access-date=November 12, 2011}} and 2011 at the Austin Music Awards at SXSW.{{cite web |last=Macmillan |first=Stephen |url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/AMDB/Profile?oid=oid:440564 |title=Austin Music Database |publisher=The Austin Chronicle |access-date=November 12, 2011}} One-Eyed Doll officially retired on May 21, 2021, after a lengthy hiatus.

With a discography of 11 full-length albums under its belt,{{cite web |url=http://www.oneeyeddoll.com/members |title=Members |publisher=One-Eyed Doll |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117034616/http://www.oneeyeddoll.com/members |archive-date=November 17, 2011 |url-status=dead }} (six One-Eyed Doll albums, four Kimberly Freeman solo albums and one under the name Ghetto Princess) the band made No. 1 on ReverbNation's local chart{{cite web|url=http://www.reverbnation.com/main/bes_chart?artist_id=25959&genre=Rock&genre_geo=Local |title=ReverbNation Charts |website=Reverbnation.com |access-date=November 12, 2011}} and has toured nationally with OTEP{{cite web |url=http://oldenrecipes.com/recipe-1605/one-eyed-doll-joins-the-otep-atavist-tour-2011-w-otep/ |title=One-Eyed Doll Joins the Otep Atavist Tour 2011 w/ Otep, … Video at |website=Oldenrecipes.com |date=May 14, 2011 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823154759/http://oldenrecipes.com/recipe-1605/one-eyed-doll-joins-the-otep-atavist-tour-2011-w-otep/ |archive-date=August 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |last=Mark |first=Metal |url=http://www.skullsnbones.com/profiles/blogs/otep-blackguard-sister-sin |title=OTEP, BLACKGUARD, SISTER SIN, DESTROPHY, ONE EYED DOLL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED! – SkullsNBones Heavy Metal Social Network & Blog |website=Skullsnbones.com |date=May 11, 2011 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324071131/http://www.skullsnbones.com/profiles/blogs/otep-blackguard-sister-sin |archive-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead}} Cold, Wayne Static (of Static X), Peelander Z, Polkadot Cadaver, Wednesday 13, Mushroomhead, and Orgy. The band's lead singer and guitarist, Freeman (who has been described as Gwar meets Strawberry Shortcake){{cite web |url=http://www.oneeyeddoll.com/about |title=Meet |publisher=One-Eyed Doll |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102012151/http://www.oneeyeddoll.com/about |archive-date=November 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }} performs on a signature Tregan guitar, accompanied by the lone drummer (and producer) Jason Rufuss Sewell a.k.a. Junior, in a theatrical style{{cite web |url=http://blip.tv/oneeyed-doll |title=Watch One-Eyed Doll episodes on |website=Blip.tv |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107075959/http://blip.tv/oneeyed-doll |archive-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead }} which has been described musically as "... Pixies meets Siouxsie meets Hole"{{cite web |url=http://www.treganguitars.com/artist_kimberly.php |title=Artists – Kimberly Freeman |website=Treganguitars.com |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324082441/http://www.treganguitars.com/artist_kimberly.php |archive-date=March 24, 2012 |url-status=dead }} and the "bastard laboratory love child of Dresden Dolls meets White Stripes and Marilyn Manson."{{cite web|url=http://metalriot.com/news/interview-otep-raised-fist-atavist/ |title=Interview: OTEP-Raised Fist Atavist – Metal Riot |website=Metalriot.com |date=August 10, 2011 |access-date=November 12, 2011}} Lead vocalist Kimberly Freeman was featured as one of Revolver Magazine{{'}}s Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock in 2011, 2012, and 2015, Guitar Player Magazine{{'}}s Top 20 Most Extraordinary Guitarists and on America's Got Talent{{'}}s 2010 Semi-Finals as part of ArcAttack.

History

File:One-Eyed Doll at Rockfest.jpg

One-Eyed Doll, which was formed in 2007, first gained recognition from their peers when they won their first Best Punk Band at the 2009 SXSW; the award was presented by Exene Cervenka of the first-generation punk band X. That year, they also won 2nd place Metal Band, 3rd place Best New Band, 4th place Industrial/Goth Band, 7th place Best Acoustic Guitar (Freeman), 8th place Female Vocals (Freeman), and 10th place Best Record Producer (Sewell, for Monster.){{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T9rYRX0EWI |title=2009 SXSW Austin Music Awards at 46:51 |work=Youtube |access-date=November 12, 2011}} One-Eyed Doll broke into the mainstream media, however, with the release of their third album Break, whereupon Freeman was featured in the January/February 2011 Fallen Heroes issue of Revolver in its cover feature The Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock; she also appeared as an awakening zombie on the America's Got Talent semi finals as part of ArcAttack.{{Cite web|url=http://arcattack.com/|title=HOME|website=Arcattack.com|access-date=September 7, 2020}} She gained musical recognition as a guitarist upon being featured in a full-page dedicated article in the April 2011 Guts & Glitter issue of Guitar Player{{cite web|url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/gp_gutsandglitter/ |title=Guitar Player – Guts & Glitter |website=Nxtbook.com |access-date=November 12, 2011}} magazine as one of the Twenty Most Extraordinary Female Guitarists{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgIjwCpDiJ4 |title=Kimberly Freeman at 0:30 |work=Youtube |access-date=November 12, 2011}} along with the likes of Joan Jett, Bonnie Raitt, and Nancy Wilson.{{cite web |url=http://www.treganguitars.com/news.php |title=NEWS |website=Treganguitars.com |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106130635/http://www.treganguitars.com/news.php |archive-date=November 6, 2011 |url-status=dead }} The band has a fervent fanbase,{{cite web|url=http://rednecklovesong.tumblr.com/ |title=the Kimberly Freeman appreciation blog |website=Rednecklovesong.tumblr.com |access-date=November 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWyW4lBap5g |title=The Greatest Band You've Never Heard |publisher=YouTube |access-date=November 12, 2011}} and is known for their mutual support of their fans, some of whom have gotten tattoos of the band's iconography,{{cite web |url=http://www.oneeyeddoll.com/tattoos |title=/ Kimberly Freeman Fan Tattoos |publisher=One-Eyed Doll |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125131510/http://www.oneeyeddoll.com/tattoos |archive-date=November 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }} and for their equally fervent DIY business model. Amongst its national tours, One-Eyed Doll have been performing at several major anime conventions such as DragonCon,{{cite web |author=ONE-EYED DOLL – 06.01.11 |url=http://www.fearlessradio.com/index.php/new-music-binge/2664-one-eyed-doll-060111.html |title=ONE-EYED DOLL – 06.01.11 |website=Fearlessradio.com |date=June 1, 2011 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004202511/http://www.fearlessradio.com/index.php/new-music-binge/2664-one-eyed-doll-060111.html |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |url-status=dead }} and headlining at the 4&20 Blackbird Festival in Weed, California.{{cite web|url=http://california.budtrader.com/2011/07/26/one-eyed-doll-to-headline-4-and-20-festival-in-weed-this-saturday/ |access-date=July 30, 2011 | title = One Eyed Doll to Headline 4 and 20 Festival}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cite web |url=http://www.localnewscomesfirst.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=431&task=videodirectlink&id=9420 |title=Glenn Sawyer |website=Localnewscomesfirst.com |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928194105/http://www.localnewscomesfirst.com/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=431&task=videodirectlink&id=9420 |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

One-Eyed Doll's 2012 album, Dirty, was recorded with Grammy Award-winning producer Sylvia Massy (Tool, System of a Down, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash). Dirty was announced by the band in November 2011 on Dark Matter Radio hosted by Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro. It was reported that the band recorded another album entitled Committed, to be produced by Massy, which would see the light of day in late 2013.{{cite web|url= http://rockrevoltmagazine.com/Magazine/January2013/RockRevoltMagazineIssue2.html#p=36| author=Johnny Price |website=Rockrevoltmagazine.com| date=January 17, 2013| title=January/February 2013 Digital issue: ONE-EYED DOLL}} The "Committed" video, directed by Patrick Kendall was released exclusively by Revolver Magazine in October 2012. One-Eyed Doll instead went on to release the album "Monster (Remonstered)" in 2013, which Sewell produced. Massy was given a Special Thanks credit on the album.{{Cite web|url=https://one-eyeddoll.bandcamp.com/album/monster-remonstered|title=Monster (ReMonstered), by One-Eyed Doll|website=Oneeyeddoll.bandcamp.com|access-date=September 7, 2020}}

Freeman is one of several real-life people to appear in the massively multiplayer online role playing game AdventureQuest Worlds, where she is styled as the "True Sixth Lord of Chaos".{{cite web |author=Viper |url=http://www.pcgamersworld.com/2010/06/adventurequest-worlds-live-event-with-guest-one-eyed-doll/ |title=AdventureQuest Worlds Live Event with Guest One-Eyed Doll |website=Pcgamersworld.com |date=June 24, 2010 |access-date=November 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922134832/http://www.pcgamersworld.com/2010/06/adventurequest-worlds-live-event-with-guest-one-eyed-doll/ |archive-date=September 22, 2011 |url-status=usurped }} She also appears in the AdventureQuest Worlds Anything-Goes Battle On Battle Card Game on two cards.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDr8E0Q9THE |title=Kimberly Freeman of One-Eyed Doll buys the AdventureQuest Worlds ANYTHING-GOES Battle On Card Game! |publisher=YouTube |access-date=November 12, 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aq.com/aw-designnotes.asp |title=AQWorlds – Design Notes |website=Aq.com |access-date=November 12, 2011}} She is also the voice of Sally in the Doomwood Saga of the same game.

An hour-and-a-half gonzo documentary of the band's life on the road on tour from Austin to Harlem was released on YouTube by David Bruce Bates, Jr.{{Cite web|url=https://boingboing.net/2010/03/25/documentary-of-austi.html|title=Documentary of Austin musician Kimberly Freeman on YouTube|website=Boingboing.net|date=March 25, 2010|access-date=September 7, 2020}}

Band members

File:KimberlyFreemanAtREF1.jpg

; Former members

  • Kimberly Freeman – guitar, theremin, kazoo, vocals
  • Jason "Junior" Sewell – drums, guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, vocals
  • Paul "PJ" Evans – drums, bass
  • Scott Sutton – drums, bass

Discography

= As One-Eyed Doll =

; Albums

; EPs

  • Something Wicked (2017)

; Compilation album

= As Kimberly Freeman =

  • Fat with an "F" (2005)
  • Live on South Congress (2008)
  • Sleep (2009)
  • Into Outer Space (2011)
  • Secret Lullaby (2017){{Cite web|url=https://kimberlyfreeman.bandcamp.com/album/secret-lullaby|title=Secret Lullaby, by Kimberly Freeman|website=Kimberlyfreeman.bandcamp.com|access-date=September 7, 2020}}
  • After the Snow (2021)

= As Ghetto Princess =

  • Ghetto Princess (2005)

References

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External links

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{{Commons category|One-Eyed Doll}}

  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDk7Da18v3o&NR=1 Interview and performance segments]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJjE45zMlH8 An in-universe AQW interview]
  • [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6T9rYRX0EWI One-Eyed Doll: A Rockumentary (2010)]

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